2024-05-21 · tonnes e-waste generated (2022)
Most e-waste is not recycled
Phones and laptops pile up. Formal recycling captures a fraction — the rest is stored, dumped, or burned.
1 cell = 62 thousand tonnes e-waste generated (2022) (0.1% of annual e-waste) · 1,000 cells
Context
Phones and laptops pile up. Formal recycling captures a fraction — the rest is stored, dumped, or burned.
UN Global E-waste Monitor 2024: ~22% collection/recycling rate.
This grid fixes annual e-waste at 1,000 equal cells (0.1% of annual e-waste). Figures follow UN e-waste monitor as summarized in the source line — rounded so cell counts sum to the chart.